NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MAY 9, 2013 – The City of West Sacramento announced this morning that the city council has chosen a police chief to replacing retiring chief Dan Drummond. Tom McDonald, a currently a Los Angeles Police Department captain, has been appointed to the post. McDonald currently serves as the commanding officer [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 1, 2013 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor Yes, the West Sacramento Farmers Market is coming back. First night of the season will be Thursday, June 6, reports Denice Seals, CEO of the West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. And that evening will bring some new stuff that Seals is pretty excited about. [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 1, 2013 – West Sacramento police checked driver’s licenses and looked for signs of inebriation behind the wheel of each car passing through a checkpoint Friday night, April 26, at Harbor Boulevard and Duluth Street. They announced the planned checkpoint in advance – the News-Ledger published an announcement on its [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MAY 6, 2013 – A man drowned after falling off his boat into the Sacramento River on April 28. West Sacramento firefighters received a call that the victim fell overboard at about 3:48 p.m. He had apparently been trying to tie his boat up to a downed tree limb [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER NEWSPAPER — MAY 1, 2013 – Submitted by YoloArts The 9th annual “Artistic Sensations” will be held at the T.S. Glide Ranch in Davis on Friday, May 10 from 6 pm – 8:30 pm. Event proceeds will be used to support YoloArts’ art education programs, including Artists in Schools, throughout Yolo County. [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER NEWSPAPER – A new peace officers memorial at the old courthouse building, 725 Court Street in Woodland, will honor all those officers who fell in the line of duty while working for law enforcement agencies in Yolo County, including the sheriff’s department and West Sacramento Police Department. West Sacramento has lost one [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 1, 2013 – From River City High School For the 17th time in the past 18 seasons, the River City High School Tennis Team has won a league championship. Last week’s 5 to 4 win at Cosumnes Oaks clinched the 2013 Sierra Valley Conference (SVC) title for the Raiders, bringing [...]